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Vulnerability · CVE-2019-11886

yellowpencil visual_css_style_editor Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Published Apr 11, 2019 · catalog updated Apr 11, 2019 · yellowpencil visual_css_style_editor Cross-Site Request

Patch now

CVE-2019-11886 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm yellowpencil visual_css_style_editor Cross-Site Request against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (yellowpencil visual_css_style_editor Cross-Site Request).
  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
1.89%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor yellowpencil visual_css_style_editor

The WaspThemes Visual CSS Style Editor (aka yellow-pencil-visual-theme-customizer) plugin before 7.2.1 for WordPress allows yp_option_update CSRF, as demonstrated by use of yp_remote_get to obtain admin access.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor yellowpencil visual_css_style_editorversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2019-11886

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2019-11886 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm yellowpencil visual_css_style_editor Cross-Site Request against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 1.89%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Apr 11, 2019 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    The WaspThemes Visual CSS Style Editor (aka yellow-pencil-visual-theme-customizer) plugin before 7.2.1 for WordPress allows yp_option_update CSRF, as demonstrated by use of yp_remote_get to obtain admin access.

  2. Apr 11, 2019 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2019-11886

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2019-11886

    30-day exploitation probability 1.9%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2019-11886

    The WaspThemes Visual CSS Style Editor (aka yellow-pencil-visual-theme-customizer) plugin before 7.2.1 for WordPress allows yp_option_update CSRF, as demonstrated by use of yp_remote_get to obtain admin access.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.